Peering through cage bars,

A pair of hooded menacing eyes, an expecting look

opening it's egg shaped mouth, jagged teeth exposed

Escapes this low grumble of goobly gook.

This brutish creature has two limbs

which hangs gangly from it's body, with claws

attached, this monster points at foreign objects,

Hoping to conform my thoughts to his, see the world

through his closed eyes, mind closed.

Speaking that harsh gutteral noise,

"Water, here; food, there." Then a single stumpy

digit slips the bars, to stroke my pounding chest.

What does this giant take me for?

I'm not meant for this uncomfortable gilded cage,

I must spread my raven black wings

Soar the midnight sky, I am the predator

I can't survive on bird seeds alone,

I am no song bird trilling happy musical notes.

Mind numbing boredom

Spent every millisecond of every day

The same as the last, within this human's cage

of flesh and bone, holding me back.

I watch the golden disk

Lazily reaching for his silvery orb of night

Wishing I was free to chase

these lovers in flight...

Wings that itch to stretch, longing for the rush

of nightly wind currents, caressing

my midnight black feathers. My eyes

longing to see snowy mountain tops

My prickling feet beg to be let loose

of the tiny silver noose.

But until my release, or a planned escape

I am stuck in this suffocating cage

With not a damn thing to do

So the caged bird sings a hopeful song

One of freedom from this locked cage!